Home / Movies / Best Action Movies The 25 best action movies, ranked by critics Ranked by Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Tomatometer), then Metacritic score. Only movies with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 70% or higher make the list. Scores as recorded in Wikidata.
1 Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 95
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
2 Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 94
Directed by Ang Lee
3 Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 90
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
4 Black Panther 2018
Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 88
Directed by Ryan Coogler
5 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 87
Directed by Peter Jackson
6 Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 91
Directed by Steven Spielberg
7 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope 1977
Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 90
Directed by George Lucas
8 The Odyssey 2026
Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 89
Directed by Christopher Nolan
9 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 86
Directed by Steven Spielberg
10 Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 85
Directed by Christopher Nolan
11 Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 80
Directed by Martin Campbell
12 Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 72
Directed by John McTiernan
13 No Country for Old Men 2007
Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 92
Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
14 Alien 1979
Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 89
Directed by Ridley Scott
15 Aliens 1986
Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 84
Directed by James Cameron
16 Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 83
Directed by Sam Raimi
17 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 82
Directed by Irvin Kershner
18 Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens 2015
Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 80
Directed by J. J. Abrams
19 Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 76
Directed by Patty Jenkins
20 Thor: Ragnarok 2017
Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 74
Directed by Taika Waititi
21 Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 71
Directed by Jon Watts
22 Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 95
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
23 Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 81
Directed by Sam Mendes
24 Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017
Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 73
Directed by Jon Watts
25 Jurassic Park 1993
Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 68
Directed by Steven Spielberg
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